Sep 10, 2025

Kan. teacher accused of giving boy alcohol, THC products

Posted Sep 10, 2025 12:00 AM
Amanda Freeman teaches English Language Arts, according to the USD 305 website. Photo Saline County Jail
Amanda Freeman teaches English Language Arts, according to the USD 305 website. Photo Saline County Jail

SALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement and school district officials in  Salina are investigating a teacher on felony allegations.

Over the weekend, a parent of a 16-year-old boy, reported to the Salina Police Department suspicious text messaging between the teen and a teacher at South Middle School, according to Salina Police Captain James Feldman.

Police conducted an investigation with the cooperation of USD 305 and determined the teacher, 47-year-old Amanda Freeman, had furnished the juvenile, and possibly other juveniles, with alcohol and THC products.

Just after 3p.m. Tuesday, Freeman was arrested and booked into the Saline County Jail on requested charges of Felony Contributing to a Child’s Misconduct, Aggravated Endangerment of a Child, Distribution of Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Unlawful Social Hosting and Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor, according to Feldman.